Dr. Mohamad Abiad, Director of the Laboratories for the Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF) at FAFS - AUB is part of HE Minister of Environment's team handling the issues of the silos and grains at the Beirut seaport following the August 4th 2020 explosion.
The team, with HE Minister of Environment, Dr. Nasser Yassin, visited the port of Beirut inspecting the environmental situation in the devastated Al-Harah area since the explosion, due to the aggravation of health and environmental risks, as a result of grain rot, the growth of fungi and toxic emissions.
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